Quote Originally Posted by Roth_Trailfinder View Post
As far as I know, gathering gear has the best caps for Gathering and Perception (and GP, though Retainers do not bother with that one). You'll want to either make and meld i290 for the retainer, or get the yellow scrip stuff.
Sorry about the confusion I have only equipped +Gathering items on the retainer. Thus, non-gathering gear was a reference to DoL gear that does not have +Gathering as a native stat, not specifically a reference to combat gear.